Failover and Failback of Distributed File Servers

3. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the destination distributed file server is configured to service read requests for the storage items of the selected share of the destination distributed file server prior to receiving the request to failover from the source distributed file server to the destination distributed file server.

9. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein the source distributed file server includes a cluster of computing nodes, wherein at least one file server virtual machine is included on each of the computing nodes, and wherein the selected share includes storage items distributed across a storage pool, the storage pool including local storage devices of the computing nodes.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the destination distributed file server includes a second cluster of computing nodes, wherein at least one file server virtual machine is included on each of the computing nodes of the second cluster of computing nodes, and wherein the selected share of the destination distributed file server includes storage items distributed across a second storage pool, the second storage pool including local storage devices of the computing nodes of the second cluster of computing nodes.

18. The file server manager of claim 11, wherein the source distributed file server includes a cluster of computing nodes, wherein at least one file server virtual machine is included on each of the computing nodes, and wherein the selected share includes storage items distributed across a storage pool, the storage pool including local storage devices of the computing nodes.

19. The file server manager of claim 18, wherein the destination distributed file server includes a second cluster of computing nodes, wherein at least one file server virtual machine is included on each of the computing nodes of the second cluster of computing nodes, and wherein the selected share of the destination distributed file server includes storage items distributed across a second storage pool, the second storage pool including local storage devices of the computing nodes of the second cluster of computing nodes.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the destination distributed file server is configured to service read requests for the storage items of the selected share of the destination distributed file server prior to receiving the request to failover from the source distributed file server to the destination distributed file server.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein the source distributed file server includes a cluster of computing nodes, wherein at least one file server virtual machine is included on each of the computing nodes, and wherein the selected share includes storage items distributed across a storage pool, the storage pool including local storage devices of the computing nodes.

29. The method of claim 28, wherein the destination distributed file server includes a second cluster of computing nodes, wherein at least one file server virtual machine is included on each of the computing nodes of the second cluster of computing nodes, and wherein the selected share of the destination distributed file server includes storage items distributed across a second storage pool, the second storage pool including local storage devices of the computing nodes of the second cluster of computing nodes.